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Following discussions with the Ukrainian President, the Prime Minister of Slovakia confirmed that Ukraine is prepared to facilitate the supply of Azerbaijani gas through its own territory. However, this development has not been met with universal enthusiasm. The logistics of arranging gas supplies f...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The interview by the American journalist Tucker Carlson with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov which millions of people around the world have already watched, represents a key turning point in the resolution of the conflict in Ukraine and in Russia's future relations with...

The contract for the transit of Russian gas through pipeline transit system to Europe via the Ukraine is due to expire at the end of the year. Kiev has indicated that it does not intend to extend the contract, prompting the EU to explore alternative options. What are the EU'ss plans for obtaining  t...

By Rhod Mackenzie

On Friday, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán made a surprise visit to Russia and met with thhe Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow to discuss ways to resolve the Ukrainian crisis.
Following the meeting, Mr. Putin reiterated his proposal for a final resolution to the c...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Western structure of information and psychological warfare operations centres, with multi-billion dollar budgets,are effective but lacks sophistication.
Like professional gamblers, they bluff and raise the stakes repeatedly with a straight face, unaware that that most sensib...

Today as someone who is British but living in Central Asia and takes a keen interest in what is going on in the UK I really do have to comment on the ridiculous spat that is going on in the UK over the situation in the Ukraine and all the nonsense being talked by the politicians who obviously think...